Creating a Closed Contour

Embird Embroidery Software Tutorial

This tutorial explains how to create a closed contour in Embird Editor. This contour may then be either filled with stitches or filled with cross stitches as shown in the tutorial Fill Closed Contours.

1 - Run Embird and click the "Editor" menu to switch to the Editor window.

2 - Select "Mode > Freehand Select Mode".

3 - Click on the work area to create the first node of the contour (Picture No. 1). Click again to create another node. Double-click to close the contour.

1. Draw a polygon using Freehand Select Mode

4 - Select the "Insert > Stitch Closed Contour" menu (Picture No. 2).

2. Turn a closed contour into stitches

5 - Specify the stitch length in the dialog box that appears on the screen (Picture No. 3).

3. Specify stitch length

6 - A new object will appear in the Editor containing the contour (Picture No. 4).

4. Stitched contour

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